I got the go from my financial adviser and with the help of a few REI gift certificates I was looking to up grade my map software for my Garmin 60CSx.
I have a 2004 version of Topo mapsource which has been fine but out of date.
I was looking at the 2008 version but saw this review on the REI website. and was wondering if anyone else has had this problem.

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I was initially excited about this product. I had been using the 2000(?) version of Topo with my Garmin 60CSx. In a side-by-side trial using two 60CSx's, one with old topo and the other with 2008, the GPS running 2008 continiously project my position 100 feet (+/-)north and east of the roads shown on the map. The older version of Topo was always on target.I contacted Garmin about this issue (having experienced this problem when working with GIS data, topos and aerials, in different coordinate systems, typically NAD27 to NAD83). They acknowledged that this was an issue, but that they had no intention of fixing the problem.I am now seeking a refund for this product

I am limited to REI products. Topo has done a good job in both the city and countryside. Is the same true with City navigator.
Thanks for any input._________________Dinnae fash yersel (don't worry yourself)

Get City Navigator, it doesn't have this problem and it has autorouting. I hardly ever use Topo, and I certainly wouldn't upgrade even if the new version weren't broken. Topo's routing is terrible, so I only use it when I go on trips to places where they have hills. Since those haven't moved very much in 8 years, I'll stick with the 2000 version...

That's where you tell your GPS you want to go to cache X and it gives you directions as you go.

Is that feature for a Car type gps. Something I can do with the 60CSx?
From what I have seen on another thread the software is "married" to one gps, is that right?_________________Dinnae fash yersel (don't worry yourself)

I have navigator but cant remember the last time I used it. I use nothing but topo. It shows more rivers, streams, lakes and some trails that navigator doesnt. For a comparison go to garmins web site and bring up both software maps of the same area and compare.

If you want driving use navagator, if you want hiking use topo. The 60 can have both loaded at the same time and you can switch back and forth between them with just a couple button pushes. I suggest get Nav and load both._________________Airborne All the Way!

Well, on a recent trip I had some huge number of topo maps loaded (the topo maps are really small, and I had all of MN loaded plus some CA maps, so that's a lot) so I had to scroll through all of them and then figure out which city navigator map I was in so I could turn it off. The City Navigator maps are huge so the name of the map is often some city 10 miles away. I had trouble guessing which was the right map so I had to try a bunch of them. Took a long time.

Buy another SD card. They're cheap. The hardest part is keeping track of the darn thing...

That's an idea. I'd only use it on trips anyway.

SB pointed out that on his 76CS, it only lists the 2 maps he cares about (the current metroguide map, and the current topo map) so switching is a piece of cake. My 60csx lists every single map, including ones in Las Vegas.

Well, on a recent trip I had some huge number of topo maps loaded (the topo maps are really small, and I had all of MN loaded plus some CA maps, so that's a lot) so I had to scroll through all of them and then figure out which city navigator map I was in so I could turn it off. The City Navigator maps are huge so the name of the map is often some city 10 miles away. I had trouble guessing which was the right map so I had to try a bunch of them. Took a long time.

If you don't have a lot of maps loaded, then it's 4-5 buttons.

Like Abberrix posted, you just hide Navigator or Topo, not the individual map segments. On the map page hit menu/setup map/enter menu/ scroll down and hide which one or show which one you want.